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re: Sam's Club or Costco

Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:15 pm to
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78081 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:15 pm to
my son works at sams and so the whole family has a free membership.

new tires for sequoia and i was out the door for under $500.

they offer headlight polish service for yellowed/hazed headlights $29 and 5 year guarantee against them re-yellowing (free repolish) and the results are WAY better than i could achieve with the buffing/sanding kits on my own. takes them about 45 minutes to do this.

members mark paper towels, tp, napkins and other products are legit quality and way less than national brands.

TN wont let grocery stores sell booze so i have no comment about alcohol

sams has gas for 1.96 while the exxon and shell across the street are still at 2.39 (shame on them)

i agree lines are longer at sams and my son can tell you horror stories about the knowledge or lack thereof but it works for us.

i routinely get samsclub offers from amex that are great..but odd considering sams doesnt accept amex as a payment type

i had a costco membership a few years back but i mainly bought it due to a flat screen tv deal.
This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 12:17 pm
Posted by couv1217
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
3327 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:21 pm to
IMO
Costco=Target
Sam's=Walmart
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78081 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:26 pm to
quote:

Sam's=Walmart

well this is actually true...
Posted by couv1217
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
3327 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:28 pm to
quote:

well this is actually true...

Right...so same quality you'd get there.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28340 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:48 pm to
Costco
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78081 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

Right...so same quality you'd get there.


not even close.

sams carries lot of commercial products for use in businesses.

its not the same consumer grade crap as walmart.

like i said, members-mark products are quality and not remotely cheap.

they're very comparable to costco products of the same type.
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82365 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:51 pm to
Costco has better seasonal stuff around the holidays
Posted by convertedtiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2010
2786 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:07 pm to
Costco by a large margin. Many of the Kirkland Signature items rate as high or higher than the national brand. The Kirkland Signature rum is legit and a steal for less than $15 for a handle. The liquid detergent tested higher than all competitors. If that isn't enough, Costco carries prime beef. $3.29 per lb for prime brisket is hard to beat. I have both cards as I live less than a mile from Sam's but we go across town to Costco far more often.
Posted by Yat27
Austin
Member since Nov 2010
8108 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:29 pm to
Costco
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
10708 posts
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:40 pm to
I've been going to Sam's for many years. From the first time at Costco I have never darkened the door of Sam's again.

The employees at Costco are well paid and it shows (I heard most employees make min of $40k) the store brands are amazing, the return policy is ridiculously liberal.

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